Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-01-31
FILLING THE STRIKERS, PLACES.
Plenty 0f Green HaAos Offering 10
Handle Freight ON the New York

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-The of6cial order issued
yesterday at the longshoremen's convention ORDER
ing out the members OF the several unions to the
number OF 500 had very little effect on the busf-
ness at the East river piers to-day In most case,
the order covered unions whose members were
already out SO that there was little change In tine
situation on the New York side OF the East river.
At pier 46 the union hands refused to work on a
China tea ship which arrived there on saturday.
Quired were at work on the vessels gangway and
hatcheS. The freight handlers on the New York
city and'New England pier at the foot OF Market
street. failed to come to any terms with the man.
agement and their places were taken by green
hands. Mr.. Allen said he could get all the men he
wanted without advertising for them. The men
who turned out say that the receiver OF the road
would have taken them all back this morning il
they would have gone in Individually, but they
would only go In as body OF union men. He re-
fused to give 81 day and 25 cents an hour over
time. None OF the union men went in this morn
Ing but some OF them were willing, except for the
order issued yesterday At the pier OF the Red
no union men presented themselves for work. ghe
companys representative said that be could get
all the men he wanted. There were hundreds of
them coming to the gate asking for work. The
regular men struck work three days ago. They
were paid 40 and go cents an hour and had NO
grievances, but were In sympathy with the other
strikers. The Vermont steamship and railroad
line seems to have escaped the strike fever. The
dockmaster said that there had not been any
strike on their dock. The men were all paid by
the month and were satisfied. The union had
failed to get their men 10 join. On pier 30 full
Waterbury, which came up this morning. They
had taken the places OF strikers and were paid s.
q day and 30 cents per hour for time after p. IN.
There was no trouble here this morning. The
steamer state OF Texas was got away from the
CLYDE line dock early yesterday morning, and the
nearly 200 men waiting to commence work on her.
The huge piles OF freight, which on saturday
served resting places for the tired police officers
doing duty there, had entirely disappeared.
Freight was being moved at lively rate by
green hands on the New Haven steamboat line
Dfer and the company had all the men that were
required At the Office OF the Hartford line it was
stated that there had not been any strike. The
men were all paid by the month, and the company
did not care whether men belonged TO the union
or not so long as the work was done right.
AT the Mallory line pier Italians, Germans, Poles
and almost every other nationality were at work
on the steamer Alemo. which has been at the dock
some days now. The men who started On Wednes-
day were getting accustomed TO the work, and
some men who had worked longshore before were
among them. The superintendent said they could
do ali the work that was required TO get the
steamer of on time. The CienfuegoS, OF the Ward
line Law at pier IL. Four gangs OF men were at
work on her loading grain on lighters Mr.. Ward
who had gone out because other men did. All
their vessels had gone out on time, and no fncon-
yenfence was now felt on account OF the strike.
All was quiet along the docks OF the sailing YES
sells.
HUNTERS POINT FEELS THE EFFECTS.
HUNTERS POINT, l. L, Jan. 31.-The gang OF
stevedOres at Devoe's manufacturing company S
docks which continued the work or loading the
ship Everdale on Saturday, after the other gangs
had struck, refused TO 60 TO work this morning.
All the StevedOreS on the Oil docks are now on
strike II the strike continues the Oil works will
shut down. Four ships are now kept from sailing
by the trouble here.